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PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE

Not on the EU Annex III list

Decanoic acid, mixed diesters with octanoic acid and propylene glycol

PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional category Skin Conditioning - Emollient, with CAS number 68583-51-7 / 58748-27-9 / 68988-72-7 and EC number 271-516-3. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 3 on Ansiktskremer pleiende. Fulton (1989) grades it 1 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale; that grade is transcribed as-is and is the only rating source used.

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
68583-51-7 / 58748-27-9 / 68988-72-7
EC NUMBER
271-516-3
COSING FUNCTIONS
Skin Conditioning - Emollient
COMEDOGENIC RATING (FULTON 1989)
1 / 5

Sample products containing PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

PRODUCT LABEL POSITION
Garnier Fructis #14
Ansiktskremer pleiende #3

Query PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.

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